- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 19, 1949 |
Time: | 13:02 |
Location: | Near Oldham, England |
Operator: | British European Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Belfast - Manchester |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | G-AHCY |
cn / ln: | 12355 |
Aboard: | 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 24 (passengers:21 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into Wimberry Rocks, Dovestones, Greenfield, near Oldham at 1,700 feet, 15 nm short of its destination. Navigational error and improper approach procedure. Failure to check the position of the aircraft accurately before descent from a safe altitude. |
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